I'm a journalist who has always owned, trained and raised dogs, ever since chidhood, when a Wire Fox Terrier saved me from depression and grief over the death of my mother. Now, as a renowned breeder and dog show judge, my assignments take me all over the world. Last year I judged in Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Russia, England and Canada in addition to the US. I've been invited to judge in Argentina, Taiwan, Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Australia and other appointments I was too busy to accept.  As an expert on dogs and a journalist, I don't like people to exaggerate claims of what their dogs do. I wanted to separate fact from fiction, which is why I wrote The Healing Power of Dogs. It outlines the science behind claims that dogs are good for human health, and details how dogs detect cancer, alert to seizures and other amazing things. 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LITERARY & JOURNALISM AWARDS:

Nimrod Literary Prize for Fiction for 1989. This is a national competition and carries with it publication in Nimrod Literary Magazine and a $1,000 award. I won first place for my story, "The Girl from the Red Cross."

Fellowship Grant in Fiction, from Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, January, 1989. A grant to continue work on a series of short stories about Beirut.

“Twenty Best New Writers of 1989" from Longstreet Press. My story is published in their yearly anthology, 1990.

Fellowship to the Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1988, to study with Marilyn French.

Best Storyteller in New Jersey, 2nd place, in Authors/Writers Network of New Jersey contest, October, 1988.

Responsible Journalism and Interpretive Journalism Award, New Jersey Press Association, 1989.

Best Short Story, Santa Barbara Writers' Conference, 1986.

Honorable Mention for Short-Short Story, Santa Barbara, 1986

Honorable Mention for Short Story Contest, AKC Gazette, 1988.

Emmy Award, for television news; a group award to our whole news team at WBAL-TV, Baltimore, in 1975 and again in 1977.